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. 2018 Dec 21;63(1):e02068-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02068-18

TABLE 3.

In vitro activities of plazomicin and comparators against ESBL-producing and non-ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

Organism (no. of isolates) and agent MIC (µg/ml)
% of isolates
50% 90% Range Susceptible Intermediate Resistant
ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (343)
    Plazomicin 0.5 1 0.25 to 2 100 0 0
    Amikacin 2 8 ≤1 to 64 98.8 0.9 0.3
    Gentamicin ≤0.5 >32 ≤0.5 to >32 67.1 1.7 31.2
    Tobramycin 4 32 ≤0.5 to >64 55.7 7.0 37.3
    Cefazolin >128 >128 4 to >128 0 0.3 99.7
    Ceftazidime 16 >32 0.5 to >32 31.8 11.6 56.6
    Ceftriaxone >64 >64 ≤0.25 to >64 2.6 1.5 95.9
    Ciprofloxacin >16 >16 ≤0.06 to >16 12.5 0 87.5
    Ertapenem ≤0.03 0.12 ≤0.03 to >32 98.0 0.8 1.2
    Meropenem ≤0.03 0.06 ≤0.03 to 32 99.7 0 0.3
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 4 16 ≤1 to >512 92.7 3.8 3.5
    Tigecycline 0.25 1 0.12 to 2 100 0 0
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole >8 >8 ≤0.12 to >8 32.4 NAa 67.6
Non-ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (2,751)
    Plazomicin 0.5 1 ≤0.12 to >64 99.4 0.5 0.1
    Amikacin 2 4 ≤1 to >64 99.8 0.1 0.1
    Gentamicin ≤0.5 1 ≤0.5 to >32 93.8 0.2 6.0
    Tobramycin ≤0.5 1 ≤0.5 to >64 96.3 2.1 1.6
    Cefazolin 2 8 ≤0.5 to >128 79.7 9.9 10.4
    Ceftazidime ≤0.25 0.5 ≤0.25 to >32 98.1 0.3 1.6
    Ceftriaxone ≤0.25 ≤0.25 ≤0.25 to >64 98.0 0.2 1.8
    Ciprofloxacin ≤0.06 >16 ≤0.06 to >16 83.1 0.1 16.8
    Ertapenem ≤0.03 ≤0.03 ≤0.03 to 2 99.8 0.1 0.1
    Meropenem ≤0.03 ≤0.03 ≤0.03 to 0.25 100 0 0
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 2 4 ≤1 to >512 97.6 1.3 1.1
    Tigecycline 0.25 0.5 ≤0.03 to 4 99.9 0.1 0
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ≤0.12 >8 ≤0.12 to >8 78.1 NA 21.9
ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (73)
    Plazomicin 0.25 0.5 ≤0.12 to 4 98.6 1.4 0
    Amikacin 2 8 ≤1 to 16 100 0 0
    Gentamicin 16 >32 ≤0.5 to >32 49.3 0 50.7
    Tobramycin 8 32 ≤0.5 to >64 37.0 24.6 38.4
    Cefazolin >128 >128 8 to >128 0 0 100
    Ceftazidime >32 >32 0.5 to >32 17.8 5.5 76.7
    Ceftriaxone >64 >64 ≤0.25 to >64 4.1 0 95.9
    Ciprofloxacin 8 >16 ≤0.06 to >16 23.3 10.9 65.8
    Ertapenem 0.12 8 ≤0.03 to >32 82.2 5.5 12.3
    Meropenem ≤0.03 0.5 ≤0.03 to 16 93.2 2.7 4.1
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 16 >512 2 to >512 61.6 15.1 23.3
    Tigecycline 1 2 0.5 to 4 91.8 8.2 0
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole >8 >8 ≤0.12 to >8 6.8 NA 93.2
Non-ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (966)
    Plazomicin 0.25 0.5 ≤0.12 to >64 99.9 0 0.1
    Amikacin ≤1 2 ≤1 to >64 99.9 0 0.1
    Gentamicin ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5 to >32 99.3 0 0.7
    Tobramycin ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5 to >64 98.9 0.9 0.2
    Cefazolin 1 4 ≤0.5 to >128 88.5 5.7 5.8
    Ceftazidime ≤0.25 0.5 ≤0.25 to >32 98.8 0.3 0.9
    Ceftriaxone ≤0.25 ≤0.25 ≤0.25 to >64 98.6 0.1 1.3
    Ciprofloxacin ≤0.06 0.25 ≤0.06 to >16 96.8 1.0 2.2
    Ertapenem ≤0.03 ≤0.03 ≤0.03 to 32 99.8 0 0.2
    Meropenem ≤0.03 0.06 ≤0.03 to 8 99.9 0 0.1
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 2 8 ≤1 to >512 98.1 0.7 1.2
    Tigecycline 0.5 1 0.12 to >16 96.5 2.9 0.6
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ≤0.12 0.5 ≤0.12 to >8 94.0 NA 6.0
a

NA, MIC breakpoint not applicable.